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[ child's voice ] oocan i have some?od. [ child's voice ] you guys should rock, paper, scissors for it. ok. [ chuckles ] best of three? su one-two-three-shoot. one-two-three-shoot. [ scoffs ] one-two-three-shoot. one-two-three-shoot. one-two-three-shoot. one-two-three-shoot. i win! oh, man. [ muffled ] congratulations. [ male announcer ] get your own bbq pulled pork sub at subway®. tender, slow-cooked pork with irresistibly bold barbecue sauce. subway. eat fresh®. >> coming up, downgrading america. when international markets begin open, how they are reacting -- thecredit
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u.s. credit rating. wallct oned taken ofd the action the white house, as tragedy in afghanistan. >> there is no preparing for it. it is something you see in the something you are through.to live of theght of them as u.s. troops are speaking out about their -- tonight the the brave u.s. are speaking out. thus when neighbors are saying about the apparent murder- suicide -- plus what neighbors apparentg about the suicide and high temperatures, and what you can expect. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this is breaking news. are breaking news is from the financial markets. if they have opened down tonight of the downgrade of
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the u.s. credit rating. 1.4%.s nikkei opened down kong opened down, and is down 2.5%. tim geithner held urgent talks g7 nations. we have been following the latest developments in the news room. there was a whirlwind of between nations the world scramble to brace for impact, but what is happen here at home? global markets are under pressure after the u.s. credit downgraded for the in history by on friday.d poor's >> s&p has shown terrible judgment, and they have shown a stunning lack of knowledge basic u.s. fiscal and budget. >> that was timothy wagner as asian markets
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was timdown -- that geithner speaking out just as markets open down. he said he believes in the president. i love my work. >> that work included a critical call with g-7 nations, including france, germany, and the united kingdom. is ready to take action together. tomorrow will be the first opportunity for american to thers to react downgrade. >> i think the u.s. is a strong economy. >> i am worried. >> just as we get word about our going down, we be worried about the of the country. >> the parties are divided, and congress's handling of the debt says is no way to do business. ratings agencies said there is of one in three chance
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further downgrades. the president arrived home from david to a fully engaged in washington blame game. >> this is a tea party downgrade. >> washington was destroyed the tea party got there. other rating agencies are holding with a top rating of aaa. what happensto see the market send their decision tomorrow morning. >> we will continue to monitor development. for instant updates, log on to our website. returning to the tragedy in afghanistan. tonight the names of the brave troops who died in a helicopter slowly filtering out. 30 u.s. troops were killed, 22 of the navy seals, and we are from heartbroken family members.
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but the military has spent the notifying families and officially released the lives lost on that helicopter. we know many of them were part of the elite field teams 6, and ofre hearing from several fallen heroes. >> a navy seal live-in in the father of, the real small children. widow kimberly grew up in fairfax county. >> i want them to know he is a man, and he would not leave this earth in the way than how he did. >> michael strange was also part the elite seal team 6. >> he said he would be home by thanksgiving. great kid. he fought for his country. lost was kevin houston, of arkansas, a medic to the steel unit.
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the 21-year-old army specialist was a doorcan gunner. >> we cannot even crypts this is but we know he died during what we do we cannot even grasp is real, but we know died during what he wanted to do. >> you could have been a stranger, and if he have helped you, he would have done it. >> chris campbell from florida, arkansas, and nat from taxes. >> he served his country with pride. his brothers and father. robert james reeves and his high school jonas. both from shreveport, louisiana, hawaiiig vickers from be among theto dead. need to add one more name, from utah.
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he was a navy seal. they have recovered the wreckage of the helicopter. that will help determine how it went down. going after those who a hand in attacking helicopter. >> new at 11:00, we are learning about a maryland inside theirdead homes today. they were found this morning at ins' brooklyn park block in the woodland park. johnson who shot and killed his wife and 15-year-old twins. the wife and mother received a disturbing text message from him. she met police officers, and the neighbors witnessed it all unfold. >> the police told him to leave. they got to the corner, and later, we hear a pop, and right and after that,
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the police stormed the house. >> police say after killing his family, he turned the gun on himself. thompson reportedly landed a new job. the investigation continues. two people are dead after a plane crash. the single-engine plane went shortly before 2:00 this afternoon not far from the airport. police say the crash killed the pilot and one passenger. the victim has not been identified. several investigators are cause of thethe crash. turning now to the weather, it to be a pretty hot day tomorrow, so how long will they around is the key question. a look.ins us with >> we are dealing with the heat but the big story this weekend, a much-needed rain. look of these rain totals. over 4.5 inches of rain in
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culpeper. is 75 degrees there. inch and a third for falls church. our high today is 97 degrees of national airport. had cooled down to 79 degrees, and temperatures to just about 80 degrees. of low pressure moves from the mid atlantic. going to have lots of humidity tomorrow how will hot weather and last? our forecast is coming up. >> still to come, and northern virginia man is dead. an investigation into police action, plus an out of control s.u.v. plows into
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>> an autopsy is scheduled for a prince william died after he taser but by police. wilkerson wasah with firefighters treat him for a suspected heart problem. -- trying to treat him for a heart problem. when he refused to calm down, tasered him twice. think they killed my brother, honestly. >> his lips were blue. >> they disputed the police account of he was on drugs. only took an aspirin with a condition. not a utility vehicle crashed
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morning near route 1 purifier fighters save five in the home and two people in the s.u.v. escaped injury. it is unclear what caused the accident. still to come, 45,000 workers on strike. for desperate end housewives? the news announced by abc tonight,
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>> and ohio town is in shock gunman went on a spree and killed seven people before police killed him. examining fourre crime scenes. they say a family dispute may triggered a bloodbath. eyewitnesses say one victim was a young child. wounded. people were
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police have not release names of or victims. 45,000 verizon workers are on strike tonight. they walked off the job at after their contract expires. is the per strife within 11 years. workers repair traditional land lines. good the unions say talks broke over pension and health care. all good things must come to an syria regionwith on wysteria lane. "just for housewives" will end. it was a ratings success, but season willnd final be its last. >> did not see that coming. >> "brothers and sisters" gone show.new about the exciting
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of the weather, and much- rainfall this weekend, more a fews showers and thunderstorms , tuesday, even into wednesday. all is try right now. a much different story, but we had a few cells and a bit of rain. 97 degrees is a high. degrees above average for this time of year, and will record in 1918. 79 degrees of this hour. a high of 91, and inch of rain from this afternoon. as we head to alexandria, also about 9/10 of an inch after a of 93 degrees. temperatures are holding in the to upper 70 costs. do point levels are still in and
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70's. feels sticky outside and the mid 70's. it feels the key right now and will continue. it feels like 96 degrees. of the heat and humidity through the area of tomorrow. feel more like degrees, but we are going to look at uncomfortable conditions. the low pressure moves off the coast. start to settle down the overnight hours. just a small band of showers. these are the heat advisories tomorrow. richmond, as high as 108 .egrees a few showers will talk of afternoon.
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tuesday, this is a cold front. slightly cooler temperatures by the week. out of the west tomorrow. thunderstorms later afternoon and early evening. air on thursday and friday. need 80's for daytime highs. our interactive doppler radar. >> i guess they will tracking the temperatures online. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card...
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"the rise of the planet of a peace" finished no. 1 with 54 -- pes"finishthat .o. 1 >> i was editing in my head. >> a lot of people find the guy they would see made a similar entrance. >> the key is back on the hill. we will let you see how
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desk, toyota sports moving you forward. >> we have waited almost a year for this. earlier this afternoon and, his rehab start back on the mound. the case for the first time his elbow popped on him
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last summer. today,strike out five on feeling about fitting farrakhan -- getting back on life? ball came back a bit, which i am happy about, but i was pretty pleased. i know i am pitching in five days. i do not know where yet, but wherever it is, i am looking to it. the national taking on the rockies. two-zero, nationals. in the top of the eighth, jason is starting to heat up again. daniel comes around. he scores, and that would be enough.
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3-2. therain drops in championship match of the fitzgerald center cinema when in northwest. a short turnaround. he had a semifinal match that around 1:15 this morning. he makes it straight 6-4. alas final before the final in golf finish today. sinces first tournament fix ater he went to tendon. 18 strokes off the league. tiger seemed pleased with his performance this week. adam scott on the 18th, shoots on the day and 17 for the tournament.
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pga nexton to the week. i am really excited about the championship, so the way i i was happy, so overall, extremely happy. i hit it really well, and i lose it and get it back. today was a good example of its. iraq duringek for session in atlanta the a week during the test in atlanta. he broke his left ankle. 16 laps to go. sprint cup races today. former redskin is headed to new england. carter made an announcement on
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>> steve routing is back with a of the forecast. said it is going to be another hot one. like three weeks ago when it felt like 118. tomorrow, 95 for the daytime it will feel like 103 degrees. bring -- tuesday is chancea better showers and thunderstorms, thursday and friday, mid 80's 4 afternoon temperatures. nighttime lows will be in the 60's 4 and a half inches of rain.
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